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Paris, France (1961 – present)
Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (born 23 August 1961 in Paris, France) is a French filmscore composer. Notably, he has received four Academy Award nominations, five BAFTA nominations, five Golden Globe nominations and six César nominations, winning a Golden Globe for his work on “The Painted Veil” (2006) and a César for both his works on “De Battre Mon Cœur S’est Arrêté” (2006) and “The Ghost Writer” (2011). In 2011, Desplat won his first British Academy Film Award for his score for “The King’s Speech”.
Desplat was born in Paris to a French father and a Greek mother. At the age of five, he began playing piano. He also became proficient on trumpet and flute. He studied with Claude Ballif and Iannis Xenakis in France and Jack Hayes in the U.S. Desplat’s musical interests were wide, and he was also influenced by South American and African artists and teachers, among whom were Carlinhos Brown and Ray Lema.
Desplat has composed extensively for films, in France and in Hollywood - scores and incidental music for over 100 films including “Lapse of Memory” (1992), “Family Express” (1992), “Regarde les hommes tomber” (1994), “Les Péchés Mortels” (1995), César-nominated “Un héros très discret” (1996), “Une Minute de Silence” (1998), “Sweet Revenge” (1998), “Le Château des Singes” (1999), “Home Sweet Home” (2001), “Reines D’Un Jour” (2001), the César-nominated “Sur mes Lèvres” (2002), “Rire et Châtiment” (2003), “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (2009) and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” (2010).
Desplat was born in Paris to a French father and a Greek mother. At the age of five, he began playing piano. He also became proficient on trumpet and flute. He studied with Claude Ballif and Iannis Xenakis in France and Jack Hayes in the U.S. Desplat’s musical interests were wide, and he was also influenced by South American and African artists and teachers, among whom were Carlinhos Brown and Ray Lema.
Desplat has composed extensively for films, in France and in Hollywood - scores and incidental music for over 100 films including “Lapse of Memory” (1992), “Family Express” (1992), “Regarde les hommes tomber” (1994), “Les Péchés Mortels” (1995), César-nominated “Un héros très discret” (1996), “Une Minute de Silence” (1998), “Sweet Revenge” (1998), “Le Château des Singes” (1999), “Home Sweet Home” (2001), “Reines D’Un Jour” (2001), the César-nominated “Sur mes Lèvres” (2002), “Rire et Châtiment” (2003), “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (2009) and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” (2010).
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Laa-Brent wrote:
Benjamin Button <3 [2]
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Lord_Aerevar wrote:
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" is gorgeous. [2]
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Synesthesis wrote:
Very talented composer, I like Ghost Writer score, also I listen that he is influented somewhere by Philip Glass.
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StrangeSuzy wrote:
Carnage! The main theme is great.
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obliviate550 wrote:
Lily's Theme ♥
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M-i-s-t-e-rP wrote:
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is amazing. So beautiful.
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Glorfindel5 wrote:
The Ghost Writer is his best work.
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Borjiazz wrote:
"Bonjour, sarcasme"
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DanielosVK wrote:
@Borjiazz No, it's not.
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trrouve wrote:
just saw tree of life and i'm still overwhelmed
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Mulgorea wrote:
http://filmmusicreporter.com/2012/01/11/alexandre-desplat-to-score-jacques-audiards-rust-and-bone/ - Alexandre Desplat to score Rust and Bone. There's a awesome video with an interview with him on the page too. Seems like there's some rare recordings coming in the future, lol :>
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Borjiazz wrote:
@sub-v-Ruiner: yeah, "The King's Speech" is so not overrated, and so much better than "The Tree Of Life" "Birth, "The Ghost Writer", "Carnage", "Lust, Caution", "Benjamin Button", Jacques Audiard's movies...
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Kexchokladen22 wrote:
Obliviate is so good, the first part of the Deathly Hallows starts off with a really emotional moment, and the music fits perfect.
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sub-v-Ruiner wrote:
Great musician. But except for the King's Speech, not one great movie scored.
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AssisJr wrote:
his best score is from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt 2
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njiiiiiiiiihaaa wrote:
Benjamin Button <3
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EricCarrRulez wrote:
He's great!
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albert0balsalm wrote:
i second Colton56
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giuliabaccarin wrote:
so fucking gorgeous
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MarkusVaz wrote:
so epic
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